VolkerW's WebLog
Stuff mostly about Windows Fundamentals Also chirping at: https://twitter.com/volkerw
Route64 – Developer Training – Day 3 in Redmond
The pace of Day 3 at 64bit slowed down a bit after a very busy second day with new concepts on the...
Author: Volker Will MSFT Date: 02/17/2005
Route64 – Developer Training – Day 2 in Redmond
Day 2 covered an in depth analysis of the WoW64 execution layer. It also was a busy day in terms of...
Author: Volker Will MSFT Date: 02/16/2005
Route64 – Developer Training – Day 1 in Redmond
After the morning keynotes the real hands on lab begun: Day one was about C/C++ development on and...
Author: Volker Will MSFT Date: 02/15/2005
HP xw9300
Found a review of this really powerful system in PC MAGAZINE. I have one of these boxes in my office...
Author: Volker Will MSFT Date: 02/15/2005
Pacifica, more than a car; or virtualization, 2. act
AMD and Xensource, today announced their collaboration on the migration of Xen, an open-source...
Author: Volker Will MSFT Date: 02/14/2005
Microsoft calls it's HPC CCE.
We'll never run out of three letter words. Promise.BIO-IT World calls Microsoft "The 800-lb. gorilla...
Author: Volker Will MSFT Date: 02/14/2005
Last week we did a hp/MS webcast on 64-bit Windows
There's no older news than yesterday's. I am going to share even older news with you but if you're...
Author: Volker Will MSFT Date: 02/14/2005
Route64 keynotes
As promised, all keynotes from the Route64 kick-off event in Redmond today can be found here:...
Author: Volker Will MSFT Date: 02/14/2005
Route64 Redmond Event
Just did a keynote (even got applause…) at the first Route64 event in Redmond on Microsoft campus in...
Author: Volker Will MSFT Date: 02/14/2005
Who needs 64-bit?
Wrong question. Didn’t we ask ourselves a similar question years ago when we all felt (kind of)...
Author: Volker Will MSFT Date: 02/11/2005
blogblogblog
Just met with Ward Ralston, Product manager in the Windows division. They started a blog on Windows...
Author: Volker Will MSFT Date: 02/10/2005
The future of 32-bit (not too serious)
While I was on Xmas vacation on Hawaii I had the chance to take a peek into the future of 32-bit.
Author: Volker Will MSFT Date: 02/10/2005
Sub-$100 PC
One of my colleagues just started an internal email thread on one of the aliases about a sub $100 PC...
Author: Volker Will MSFT Date: 02/10/2005
Vanderpool is not a swimming pool for aliens
At Intel’s Fall IDF in 2003 Paul Otellini announced and demo’ed (what a construct) VT or Vanderpool...
Author: Volker Will MSFT Date: 01/22/2005
Intel 64-bit Pentium 4s, 64-bit capable, is available now.
Lots of press noise about it. The one I like most:...
Author: Volker Will MSFT Date: 01/21/2005
The BOXX 3200 Series Workstation - AMD64 processor technology and dual PCIe x16 SLI
https://www.boxxtech.com/asp/3200.asp And soon you can run Windows XP Professional x64 Edition on...
Author: Volker Will MSFT Date: 01/21/2005
Exchange Server 64-Bit Ante Portas
Well, sort of. Target date is 2006 or 2007. But at least we now know for sure the next major release...
Author: Volker Will MSFT Date: 01/20/2005
Route64, PII
Just got word the organizers of this event dropped the price for attendees to as little as USD 299....
Author: Volker Will MSFT Date: 01/19/2005
Does Microsoft drop Itanium support?
No way. Articles like this are misleading. Microsoft will continue to support Itanium with a variety...
Author: Volker Will MSFT Date: 01/18/2005
Route64, Phase II
Not too long ago I was posting (https://blogs.msdn.com/volkerw/archive/2004/12/07/277950.aspx)...
Author: Volker Will MSFT Date: 01/13/2005
PiMCast
So, you’ve never heard about Podcast? Never mind, Podcast is yesterday. PiMCast is the new means by...
Author: Volker Will MSFT Date: 12/12/2004
AMD64 vs. Intel EMT64T
Last week my team did an Internet radio show on franklins.net...
Author: Volker Will MSFT Date: 12/08/2004
Route64, Phase II
Earlier this year I blogged about a worldwide 64-bit training, Route64. Now it’s time for an update....
Author: Volker Will MSFT Date: 12/07/2004
Pentium 4 64-bit Ante Portas
https://www.tomshardware.com/hardnews/20041008_133142.html. This all will become real fun. People...
Author: Volker Will MSFT Date: 10/08/2004
64-bit Webcast Week
Microsoft will run a series of 64-bit webcasts on MSDN. This 64-bit Webcast Week is scheduled for...
Author: Volker Will MSFT Date: 10/07/2004
Running 64-bit Windows on x64 hardware
Thought I had to share this with you. Last week I received a Ferrari 3200 Laptop (just for testing...
Author: Volker Will MSFT Date: 10/07/2004
64-bit Windows, an advantage also for 32-bit applications
The easiest way to take advantage of a 64-bit OS is of course running existing – 32-bit –...
Author: Volker Will MSFT Date: 08/23/2004
Executing 32-bit applications on 64-bit
[go to https://blogs.msdn.com/volkerw/archive/2008/07/24/executing-32-bit-application-in-64-bit.aspx...
Author: Volker Will MSFT Date: 05/01/2004
Microsoft activities for 64-bit developer (Route64)
Before I start talking about Route64, let me tell you that the next 64-bit developer lab on...
Author: Volker Will MSFT Date: 04/12/2004
Windows on 64-bit
On January 17th at the Intel Developer Forum Intel announced its support of a 64-bit instruction set...
Author: Volker Will MSFT Date: 02/25/2004
Intel to support 64-bit instructions in Xeon line
Now it is official. 64-bit with the appearance of an extended instruction set in Intel's Xeon line...
Author: Volker Will MSFT Date: 02/17/2004
About the importance of being 64-bit
As member of Microsoft Partner Strategy and Platform Group I am working with ISVs and enterprise...
Author: Volker Will MSFT Date: 02/06/2004